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B. EA'RING.

Fly-Trap.

Paiented Marchso, 1875.

riE GRAPHIC CO.PHOTD-LITH.'39&41 PARK PLAGE-MY.

HENRY R. RARING, or PEoRIA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNoR 'or ONRHALR HIS RIGHT ToRIcHARD A. cUIfrER, or SAME PLAGE.

MPROVEMENT IN FLY-TRAPS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. EGIAQ, dated March 30,1875 application led February 18, 1875.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY B. EARING, of the city ot' Peoria, in thecounty of Peoria and in the State of Illinois, have invented anImprovement in Fly-Traps; and do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which likeletters of reference refer to like parts, and in which- Figure lrepresentsa vertical cross-section; Fig. 2, a horizontal section orplan; Fig. 3, a plan ot' cone and cleat; Fig. et, base with cleat andcone, with the inclosing-cage in position.

The object of this invention is to simplify the devices which have beenheretofore used to hold ot' the bottom of the cone and cage from thebase to leave a passage for iiies; also, as auxiliary thereto, amoditication ofthe base or bait-receiver.

To do this I employ a piece of thin metal, (as tin, &c.,) D, about twoinches long, or less, and an inch wide, bent longitudinally, so as toform a resemblance to two steps of a stair, united by the interveningriser. Three or more of these are soldered or riveted at their verticalor middle part to the inner face of the tin binding of the cone B,leaving the upper tlat portion ot'l said cleat pro jecting inward, torest upon the horizontal surface ofthe base A, the vertical middle partof the same iitting against the vertical circumference of said base, andthe lower horizontal portion projecting outward imme diately beneath thecone to sustain the rim of the cage C, or outer inclosing-trap, leaving,in this manner, a y-passage on either side oi' each cleat D, and betweenthe base A and the cone B. The latter is of the ordinary form, i. e.,with an opening at top into the inclosing-cage C, into which it titsclosely at the lower end oi' each. The cage C is of the usualcylindrical form, its lower edge conterminous with the adjoining rim ofthe cone, and is provided with a tongue, i, below the bottom of the rim,which is inserted under a staple, k, or eye projecting from the base A,and upon the opposite side of the cage is a second tongue, a, formed inlike manner by prolonging the tin strip m, which contines the verticaljoint of the gauze, or by being fastened to the lower edge of Saidcage,and provided with an eye for the passa-ge of a pin, l, into the base A,to act with the tongue z' to retain the cage upon the base. The pin andeye described may be substituted by any other simple fastening.

The base A may be of wood, as more preferable than metal, circular inplan, with an eXterior sloping ange, a, and arecess for the bait, and astaple or eye, k, set on the side. The ange a is not essential, andmight be left off. The pieces D D D, or cleats, may be substituted by ashort wire bent into the saine form, to act in the same way.

The advantages of this trap are, that the whole can be separated in amoment, and equally soon put together, that it is economical inconstruction, and will easily pack for shipping in quantities.

rIhe operation of the trap is as follows: By removing the pin Zthe cageC, with the cone attached, is tilted backward from the pin, allowing thetongue i to be liberated from the staple k, to scald the liies and emptythem lout. Flies readily enter between the cone,

the base, and the cleats D D D.

What I claim as my invention isl. The stair-shaped cleatsD D D, havingtwo horizontal surfaces united by an intermediate riser, each attachedby its vertical surtacevat equal distances to the interior lower edgeoiIthe cone B, to connect said cone and cage G jointly to the base A,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The arrangement of the cleats D D with the cone B, cage C, and baseA, as described.

3. The base A, as constructed, with circular iiat top and verticalperiphery, in combina tion with the cleats D D D.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing Ilytrap device I have hereuntoset my hand this 8th day of February, 1875.

HENRY B. EABING.

Witnesses:

G. H. KETTELLE, JAMES M. MORSE.

